Zotzenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

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 belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde

Verbandsgemeinde

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, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen

Mainz-Bingen

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 district in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

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, Germany

Germany

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Location

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen

Sprendlingen-Gensingen

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, whose seat is in Sprendlingen

Sprendlingen

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Sport

On Kreuznacher Straße is found a cinder team handball

Team handball

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 court and a clubhouse. HSG Zotzenheim/St. Johann/Sprendlingen is a successful team handball club that grew out of TV Zotzenheim 1901 (gymnastic club) and has already played several times in the third handball league.

Regular events

• On 1 May near the Napoleonshöhe mountain, or Gipfel des Horns, or in the local speech also “Hörnchen” (“Little Horn”), the so-called Fire Brigade Festival (Feuerwehrfest) takes place.
• In May on the weekend at Ascension Day, a folk festival for the region and beyond is held. In 2006, among others, the bands Paddy Goes To Holyhead, Dhalia's Lane, Galahad and WirrWarr appeared.
• On the second weekend in July, a fair is held in Zotzenheim with a wine tent, a few stands and a handball tournament.
• Zotzenheim is especially well known for the ZDF (Zotzenheimer Dorf-Fassenacht – the Carnival
  Carnival
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  ). Each year there are four “sessions” at the village community centre.

Wineries

Zotzenheim is home to five major wineries:

• Weingut Werner Pitthan
• Weingut Philipp Schnell
• Weingut Siebenhof
• Weingut Scheffer
• Weingut Saulheimer

There are also several smaller wineries and those who do it as a hobby.

Other businesses

In the industrial park outside Zotzenheim on the street Am neuen Graben, several small businesses have set up shop, among them the Sand Barth shipping company.

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage
• Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen